We should maybe just rename this particular feature “Otis Redding Songs You Can Comfortably Press ‘Repeat’ On.” Otis Redding – You Left The Water Running Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
Besides wandering around in a daze listening to Girls (approx. 53% of my free time) I’ve been using this computer-less interlude to revisit some songs that scored my daydreams about boys with bowl cuts. Crushin’, 1998 style! In researching this piece, if you’re wondering, I was reminded that old billboard charts can be a serious good [Read Full Post...]
That gentle soul side-to-side and then oh god, he’s wailing and he’s wailing and no man’s heart has ever broken so sweetly. Otis Redding – That’s What My Heart Needs Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend
During my photography phase (you know, like horses?) in high school, an Annie Leibovitz show came to town, all portraits of women. A brief love affair with Ms. Leibovitz’s work was born, peaking at my discovery of the image above. [This was about the time I also fell in love with this Cartier-Bresson image. What [Read Full Post...]
I was recently in Los Angeles. I experienced many things while there, but perhaps none as awesome as Amoeba Records. This new and used record superstore kept me entertained for hours browsing, and I barely made my way through three racks. On this particular day, the section that called my name was their selection of [Read Full Post...]
You may remember a band called Elefant, who had a moderately big hit back in 2003 with a fantastic Interpol/Strokes-ish number called “Misfit”. You probably liked it – it’s hard not to. The lead singer of said (since-dissolved) band, Diego Garcia, is playing around with some solo work now, and the early returns are pretty fun. [Read Full Post...]
Bands, especially good ones, have this tendency to release new music. Fans of these bands then go crazy about it, and everyone talks about this great new music for awhile. You know what gets a bad rap in all this? Old music. Old music can be awesome. Sometimes, buzz or no buzz, a band made [Read Full Post...]
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Sleater-Kinney were an all-girl group out of Olympia, WA. Perhaps the most widely known band of the Northwest-born Riot Grrrl movement (along with Bikini Kill and Bikini Kill founder Kathleen Hanna‘s later project, Le Tigre), Sleater-Kinney is the work of founding members Carrie Brownstein (Guitar) and Corin Tucker (Vocals, Backup Guitar) and a rotating cast of drummers. Brownstein and Tucker were dating when [Read Full Post...]
Hip hop veteran Guru of seminal duo Gang Starr passed away today at age 43, following a heart attack in March. Guru and long-time Gang Starr partner DJ Premier had a falling out seven years ago and were no longer close, but the entire musical community mourns the passing of this legend. Here are a pair of classic tracks in honor of [Read Full Post...]
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